posted January 30, 2009 09:01 PM         

Ah, I remember: Showgirls.

It was tiresome enough. But the gang rape scene at the end, complete with the licking of the victim's blood, and the circumstances (this was done to a fan by the star she adored and his friends) was something I left the room until it was over (luckily, this was on VCR, and others told me when it was done). But what really ticked me off was that it was supposed to be "made better" by the star himself getting slapped around and menaced with a switchblade. Get real. At least the guy in Death Wish who was bent out of shape over his wife gang raped to death and his daughter done the same at the same time into a mental ward TRIED to do something appropriate (even if he never found the actual perps, he had the right idea).

Still, I suppose that's better than that really sucky song by Kenny Rogers, Coward of the County (OTOH, at least everyone involved got a butt kicking in that song, and they weren't getting up for awhile after, unlike in Showgirls where only one is slapped around a little).

posted January 30, 2009 09:22 PM         

As far as Kill Bill goes, it wasn't a comedy. It was supposed to be a modern version of old school Saturday Afternoon Kung-Fu flicks. I liked it and thought Quinten pulled it off well.

posted January 31, 2009 09:01 PM         

Paul Dano was so good he almost eclipsed D Day Lewis. A difficult movie. yes I was exhausted and disturbed. I recommend it.

posted February 02, 2009 05:02 PM         

There are many bad films which are immensely enjoyable however.

For instance, every Nicolas Cage film.
Con Air - "I told you, you shoulda dropped the bunnay!"
Ghost Rider - he turns into a flaming skeleton at night and kills bad guys by showing them all the evil deeds they have done!
Face Off - Actually a brilliant film, but what about all those glaring questions in the plot?? Like, bone structure, for instance?

Non-Nick Cage examples-

The Punisher - "For I am............. The Punisher!"
hahahahahaha.

Evil Dead III - Not as scary or witty as the other two, but he still says "Groovy" and and mini versions of Ash trying to kill him??

posted February 03, 2009 01:53 AM         

But Evil Dead II struck me as pretty similar, though not anywhere as over the top campy. Granted, it got close as Ash was fighting his own amputated hand (don't forget the scene with the mousetrap, or that bucket holding it being held down by books, the one at the top being Farewell to Arms).

I didn't care that much for ED I when I saw it back in 2000, though I actually found the "we're going to get you" scene scary (most the rest of it was just a little too much for me to take seriously). I thought the 2nd one (which I think was more of a remake of the first one, IIRC) was much better, and done with a lot of tongue in cheek humor that appealed to me (plus Bruce Campbell's epic hamming). The final one was definitely more humor & snark than horror, and I even have a copy of that movie lying around somewhere. (I suppose I might get ED II should I ever find it cheap enough.)

posted February 03, 2009 04:55 AM         

I was scrolling down the second page of this thread breezing over the posts and one word jumped out at me:

Showgirls.

I burst out laughing and thought, "oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!". Shocker of a movie.

Not into the slasher movies either.